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EDITOR’S NOTE
Wish HIV away.
13 BRIEFLY
Hepatitis C treatment without interferon. Activists issue report on cure research. Trending on Twitter.
23 CULTURE CLUB
Remembering where we’ve been.
44 ASK THE HIV SPECIALIST
How safe is safe?
45 SALIENT RAMBLINGS
“It‘s so strange the way things turn.”
COVER STORY
24 Jamar’s voice
After his run on TV’s “The Voice,” Jamar Rogers takes to the stage for more than singing.
F E AT U R E S
19 Treatment strategies
As therapies improve, how to choose what’s right for you.
DIGITAL EDITION READ THE PRINT VERSION OF POSITIVELY AWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER OR TABLET.
http://issuu.com/positivelyaware
34 PrEP’ing Are you ready? Doctors and advocates gear up to bring Truvada PrEP to those who are at greatest risk of infection.
39 Leather, porn, and kink They’re actually safer than you might think.
ON THE COVER AND ON THIS PAGE JAMAR ROGERS PHOTOGRAPHED BY MATTHEW GARSTECK. MAKEUP: JACKIE MGIDO. JAMAR ROGERS’ ASSISTANT: MICHELLE ROGERS. JAMAR ROGERS’ MANAGER: SALLY COLÓN. STYLIST: KENZIE CROSLEY. CLOTHING PROVIDED BY KITSON IN BEVERLY HILLS, CA.
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